Privilege escalation in Cisco Firepower Management Center
CVE-2024-20374
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software, formerly Firepower Management Center Software, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Administrator-level privileges to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of certain HTTP request parameters that are sent to the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the Cisco FMC web-based management interface and sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands as the root user on the affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need Administrator-level credentials.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (54.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 54.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cisco Firepower Management Center — versions 6.7.0, 6.7.0.1, 6.7.0.2
- Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center — versions 6.7.0, 6.7.0.1, 6.7.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-20374?
- CVE-2024-20374 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-10-23.
- How severe is CVE-2024-20374?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.